DVD Geeks - 01.25.10

2010-01-25

We’ve got a selection of notable new releases this week including the gross-out “guy” comedy “I Hope The Serve Beer in Hell” based on the true-life adventures and best-selling book by Tucker Max. If the movie passed you by in theatres, we’ll tell you all you need to know before you run out and buy (or avoid like the plague) this movie.

Then on to a little but of female empowerment, we’ll look at Brew Barrymore’s directorial debut with “Whip It” starring Ellen Page. It’s the story of a small-town Texas teen who discovers that her true calling isn’t beauty pageants but rather roller derby. The cast is rounded out by Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Marcia Gay Harden, Andrew Wilson, Juliette Lewis and a bevy of bare-knuckled derby queens.

Finally, we’ll look at another “adapted from a true story” film with the disturbing tale of “The Donner Party.” Crispin Glover stars in this grisly recounting of the doomed settlers who made their way from the mid-west to California only to turn to cannibalism when resources ran out.

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